Question

By the early seventeenth century, the Dutch too, were exploring the possibilities of trade in the Indian Ocean. Soon the French traders arrived on the scene. The urge to secure markets therefore led to fierce battles between the trading companies. Choose the things that all European companies wished to buy from India?

Answer 1

banks of the river Hugli in Bengal 1651. ...By 1696, the Company began building a fort around the Hugli settlement.